Category: Blog Maintenance

Since finishing up my work contract at the South Pole Station in February, I’ve been doing a bit of travel. Staring in New Zealand, so far I’ve spent time in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand, and Myanmar. Right now I’m writing this post from Chiang Mai, Thailand. As I travel, staying in …

Here at the south pole, we have some of the cleanest air in the world. As a result, a lot of unique atmospheric research goes on here, mainly at NOAA’s Atmospheric Research Observatory, nicknamed ARO. A few days ago I had the opportunity to be taken on a full tour of the observatory by scientist …

Thanks to WordPress’ new Jetpack module, which helps connect self-hosted wordpress.org blogs to wordpress.com’s online services, I now have a complete set of stats for my blog. The stats were turned into an infographic, representing some interesting data about my site. Check out the report. Too bad Antarctica isn’t represented on the map.:)

Today has been a big blog update day – not necessarily for content, but more for general code and structure of my site. I’m still running on the standard “Twenty Eleven” theme for WordPress.org, but I’ve updated a few things. Updates today include: oEmbed flickr photo embed size tweaks – I figured out the optimal …

In preparation for a few more photos being blogged, I’m tinkering around with my current blog template, which is based off of the standard “Twenty Eleven” wordpress theme. I’m making the blog content area wider, and shrinking the sidebar. This should allow me to present readers with larger photos, making for a more immersive experience. …